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The Starbucksization of chocolate ...
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It was only a matter of time. Good to know some people still have a measure of perspective:
"Chocolate's trying to make a move from being a commodity . . . to something a little more like wine," said John Coleman, a buyer for grocer Balducci's. "That way, it's quality-driven."
But he cautioned not to overthink it. After all, chocolate is still first and foremost a comfort food.
"You don't want it to get too mystified by all the terms and everything," Coleman said. "You taste it. Do you like it? Good."
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Well, as someone who grew up in Switzerland, where fine chocolate is omnipresent, I have always hoped that the U.S. would grow up and move past that sweetened wax that Hershey's passes off as chocolate.
I mean, after being in Switzerland, it makes Godiva seem like crap (it's waxy, too). Thank goodness you can get Lindt & Sprüngli here, and that Trader Joe's carries Scharffen Berger. (Though till this article, I didn't know that the latter has been bought out by Hershey's.  )
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Staff members are called "chocolate consultants."
I'm already a chocolate consultant!
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You reap what you sow.
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I like the texture of American chocolate. This must be one of those things You Europeans(tm) will just never get, like cowboy hats and Freedom.
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Wouldn't 'starbucksification' be a better word than 'starbucksization'?
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Originally Posted by nonhuman
Wouldn't 'starbucksification' be a better word than 'starbucksization'?
Not sure...
But lets argue about it for the next 5 pages. 
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Originally Posted by Kevin
Not sure...
But lets argue about it for the next 5 pages.
Idiot, that's a horrible idea. What a moron.
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Originally Posted by nonhuman
Idiot, that's a horrible idea. What a moron.
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